CISAC has published its Annual Report 2025, presenting the advances made in protecting the rights of creators, modernizing data systems, and advocating for fair compensation in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
EKKI has joined CIS-Net, and soon the authors and rights holders will be able to enjoy an easy-to-use and internationally standardized environment for the collection of intellectual property rights.
But that is not all. The report addresses various issues.
We already warned when we debated this at Gutun Zuria 2024: AI is made up of traces of copyrighted works, and that world must be subject to the control of the authors. GEMA is taking legal action against Suno Inc., an American provider of AI-generated audio content. It is accusing the company of processing protected recordings of world-famous songs from GEMA's repertoire in the tool without paying remuneration. In numerous cases, the AI tool generated audio content that is confusingly similar to the original songs.
Global collections from creators increase by 7.6% and reach €13.1 billion in 2023, according to the latest CISAC report.
The global increase was driven by continued growth in digital revenue and the strong recovery of live entertainment and public performance, which became the latest sector to fully normalize after the pandemic.
